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LOCAL LINKS
- Tom E. Curran details the league's fumbling of Week 1 issues involving the Patriots, from the headsets to Jastremski and McNally.
- Mike Reiss highlights soundbites from Tom Brady on the Bills' fans chants of 'We want Brady!', and more.
- Mike Reiss reports that at his Monday news conference, Rex Ryan had this to say about Patriots RB Dion Lewis: "I can't even tell you that kid's name."
- Mike Reiss notes RB Dion Lewis didn't take the bait from Rex Ryan.
- Mike Reiss gives us eight things to know about Patriots rookie CB Justin Coleman.
- Mike Reiss recounts the day Bill Belichick gave his hotel room to safety Lawyer Milloy.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Five first impressions of the Bills.
- Christopher L. Gasper finds the AFC East more interesting when Rex Ryan is relevant.
- Dan Shaughnessy pokes the division saying after the Patriots, the rest of the AFC East are still a trio of zeros.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Dave Archibald (Inside the Pylon) New England's four tight end package: Getting one on one matchups.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Bill Belichick glad to have David Andrews on board.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Dominique Easley the lone absence at Patriots practice.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Kenbrell Thompkins among Patriots' practice players of the week.
- David Steele (Sporting News) AFC's top contenders already falling behind Patriots, but Bills could reel them in.
- Mike Rodak (ESPN) Rex Ryan: 'I'll go home early' because Bills' plan for Patriots is ready.
- Mike Rodak (ESPN) Rex Ryan on Rob Gronkowski: 'He's a hell of an actor'.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Rex Ryan: We’re focusing on Brady, not Dion Lewis.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Brady could see "chaos" on the Steelers’ defense.
- Ben Stockwell (Pro Football Focus) Grades for Steelers-Patriots.
- Khaled Elsayed (Pro Football Focus) Top players at every position for Week 1.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Sunday’s games featured "several" communications issues.
- Steven J. Gaither (Sporting News) Cowboys, Patriots NFL's most valuable sports franchises in the world.
- Gregg Rosenthal (ProFootballTalk) ESPN, Patriots create an obvious conflict of interest.
- Marc Lancaster (Sporting News) ESPN staffers threatened over deflategate coverage, report says.